Neighborhood Food Hubs in Tompkins County

Have extra produce from your garden or CSA share? Donate it!

This summer, gardeners throughout Tompkins County will have a convenient way to donate their extra vegetables, fruit and eggs, by dropping them at nine Neighborhood Food Hubs in Danby, Dryden, Groton, and Ithaca.

How Hubs Work Neighborhood Food Hubs make donating garden produce easy! A volunteer Hub Holder hosts a cooler on their front porch one day a week, which will serve as the drop-off location for produce. The donations are distributed to food pantries, local meal programs, and individuals. Gardeners donated more than 700 pounds of produce during the 2013 pilot season of Neighborhood Food Hubs.

Founded in 1988 by Sara Pines, MSW, Ph.D., Friendship Donations Network’s mission is to rescue fresh nutritious food from stores and farms that would otherwise be thrown away and redistribute it to neighbors in need. This is accomplished by an extensive network of volunteers who pick up donations of mostly perishable excess and day-old food and deliver them to pantries and programs that serve in excess of 2,100 people weekly.